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Post by zero7159 on Oct 29, 2013 14:15:20 GMT -8
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Post by Jim T on Oct 31, 2013 19:43:48 GMT -8
Never tried iracing may have to. JIm
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Post by zero7159 on Nov 1, 2013 14:02:35 GMT -8
Never tried iracing may have to. JIm Jim, iRacing is my favorite sim these days. You can try it out with very little cost. They have a deal going right now where you can get a three month membership for $12. The three month deal is the best one, since it gives you ample time to try out the sim before they start wanting more $$$. Here is the link: www.iracing.com/membership/If you decide to join, please list my iRacing email address as the referring iRacer so that I can get $10 in referral credits. I can use these to pay for the modest server rental fees that iRacing charges for the bi-weekly GBR iRacing events that I host. I will PM you my iRacing email address. |
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Post by F1Fan07 on Nov 1, 2013 15:19:15 GMT -8
Here kid... try this... all the cool kids are doing it... nah... you keep that, tell your friends that Craig's got more if they want some...
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Post by Kelly G on Nov 2, 2013 21:56:44 GMT -8
One hit and your hooked!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2013 9:03:35 GMT -8
I sign back up for a month to see if I get the bug.
I bought the Gen 6 fusion. killer car!!
that and the V8. its a really good Sim.
But it will cost to play with the big boys.
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Post by zero7159 on Nov 3, 2013 9:54:55 GMT -8
I sign back up for a month to see if I get the bug. I bought the Gen 6 fusion. killer car!! that and the V8. its a really good Sim. But it will cost to play with the big boys. The Gen 6 is one of my favorite cars, along with the Caddy. The V8 Supercar is growing on me big time, I am now doing the official V8 Supercars series. I did my first race on Friday night and got 12th in the top split at Okayama. |
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Post by zero7159 on Nov 3, 2013 9:55:08 GMT -8
I sign back up for a month to see if I get the bug. I bought the Gen 6 fusion. killer car!! that and the V8. its a really good Sim. But it will cost to play with the big boys. The Gen 6 is one of my favorite cars, along with the Caddy. The V8 Supercar is growing on me big time, I am now doing the official V8 Supercars series. I did my first race on Friday night and got 12th in the top split at Okayama. |
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Post by neverender158 on Dec 17, 2014 8:03:51 GMT -8
members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3290506.pageSo iRacing should be available on Steam shortly. Interestingly there's no mention of the 'iRacing Lite' free-to-play version in this thread. As many of you are aware, following a long process we were greenlit on Steam some time ago. Because of the nature of our game as an on-line service, there was much more technical integration and back and forth with Steam than with the more common click and download games. This resulted also in quite a long time between our being greenlit and now. The good news is we are in our final stages and at this point are really just waiting for final approval before we go live on Steam. The main reason I am writing this forum post is to convey that iRacing's being available on Steam is a good thing. Our whole model, not to mention our business, works much better with critical mass. The whole system was designed for that. The centrally-based service, head to head multi-player system, data centers around the world, the race results captured since day one, license ladder, the skill-based racing splits, the various racing divisions, the private league sections and more will all improve as our membership grows. It has also been a major goal to bring new people into sim racing and make it into a much bigger “sport”. The existing hard-core sim racing niche is not all that large, the number of people that own racing wheels but do not know about sim racing and iRacing is much bigger by a significant factor. Reaching some of those people will contribute immensely to the iRacing service and create a whole new wave of sim racers. This was always designed and intended to be a community for all, from experienced sim racers and real world racing drivers, to race gamers and beginners. The idea has been that people new to sim racing can see how it differs from most driving games, and that they become keen to progress and get better. This has proven to be true, as we have many members who came to iRacing from console racing games, and who have risen through the license ranks to become very accomplished sim racers. I should also mention that if you are an iRacing member and joined directly through iRacing.com, this will have no impact on your membership at all, nothing will change. You should continue to come directly to iRacing to sign in like you always do. Also if you are an existing iRacing member, do not create a new iRacing account on Steam because that would be a whole new account--you would not be able to access the content that you bought directly on your existing iRacing account and your racing history would also not be tied to any new account you create. However, if you join directly through the iRacing website but you are also a Steam member, or at some point in the future you join Steam, you will be able to use the Steam community overlays to connect to their forums, videos, etc. while in iRacing. In other words, iRacing members who have signed up directly through iRacing can use Steam functionality if they are Steam members even if their iRacing account was not purchased through Steam. That is another positive. Launching on Steam is going to open up a fresh set of eyeballs on us. We will get one opportunity with most people when they research us. I would like to ask that you welcome these new members and for those of you already on Steam, please encourage others to join iRacing! If you are so inclined, you can be powerful advocates for us by providing positive feedback and reviews on Steam about iRacing. I would even ask that you consider joining Steam--it is free--to help provide positive feedback for iRacing. By embracing this and helping to promote iRacing you will be helping us to grow--not only will the racing be more fun because of better splits, but it will allow us to continue to invest more in all the features we have planned. Every year iRacing's development spend has grown, and we want that to continue! iRacing on Steam is a great opportunity for the sim racing community to grow. We sincerely thank you for being members and supporting us. I can promise you that we are going to continue to do everything we can to make iRacing better and better. An enthusiastic and growing membership is very important to that goal. As always, the best way to help us continues to be to encourage your friends, fellow racing and car enthusiasts, gamer buddies, etc. to come check us out at iRacing.com, to sign up and give virtual racing a try! Best wishes to you all this holiday season and in the new year-- Dave Kaemmer
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Post by zedarchitect on Dec 17, 2014 8:51:21 GMT -8
The rookies are coming!! - Just Kidding!  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2014 10:08:29 GMT -8
The good.....it will open the door to many more racers!
The bad.....it could possibly ruin the game due to the amount of wreckers that will join and lower the quality of racing it's known for, whose gonna pay $45-100 a yr to have there race ruined by a 5 yr old ?
I've witnessed the chaos in public servers in RRE and ac.
RRE had to create a ghost damage system for them to keep the true racers somewhat happy.
I feel sorry for the guy that's currently in charge of the handling the protests lol
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Post by neverender158 on Dec 17, 2014 10:25:24 GMT -8
Well if iRacing keeps its same business model with prices for monthly subscription, cars and tracks, I don't think too many casuals will sign up. They might sign up to try it out but I always understood their model to purchase the content along with the safety rating system was to keep the casual gamer out.
I have never used iRacing but I do think that their business model keeps the more serious drivers interested in staying, while the casuals might just go for a different game. I don't like the idea of buying the content, but I do know that it works and is very successful for the people that use it.
I am not knocking iRacing at all, I think it is a very smart move to keep the more serious racers coming back.
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Post by zedarchitect on Dec 17, 2014 12:15:23 GMT -8
Well if iRacing keeps its same business model with prices for monthly subscription, cars and tracks, I don't think too many casuals will sign up. They might sign up to try it out but I always understood their model to purchase the content along with the safety rating system was to keep the casual gamer out. This. It may bring on some more rookies but it's not going to change things drastically. I would assume that iRacing is interested in getting the initial startup cost from these folks knowing that they will be a flash in the pan. It's a shame because if guys who are long time sim racers decide to give iR a try, they will be battling wackos in the rookie class and may be turned off. It may get them some new members but may deter long term growth. |
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Post by zero7159 on Dec 18, 2014 10:19:58 GMT -8
IMO, this is primarily about broadening iRacing's exposure to sim racers, many of whom have never heard of iRacing, but all or most of whom use Steam. Its that simple. I do not think it will hurt the quality of racing at all. The iRating, protest and SR systems will remain in place and will keep the wreckers at bay.
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Post by F1Fan07 on Dec 18, 2014 10:40:44 GMT -8
An initial benefit should be the use of Steam's content servers. I can usually d/l from them at 100 Mbps. Much quicker that iRacing's servers even on a good day... and they can slow down a lot of there is a major update.
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